AP Art History Notes

AP Art History Notes

Global Prehistory, 30,000 to 500 BCE

Ancient Mediterranean 3500 B.C.E. - 300 C. E.

Ancient Mediterranean 3500 B.C.E. - 300 C. E.
The Ancient Near East
Ancient Egypt
Greek Art - Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic
Etruscan and Roman Art

Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200-1750 C.E.

Early Christian Art
Byzantine Art
Medieval European and Early Islamic Art and Culture
Gothic Art and Architecture
The Renaissance
The Baroque Era

Later Europe and Americas, 1750-1980

Neoclassical and Rococo
Revolution and Romanticism
Urbanization, Photography and the Birth of Impressionism
Post-Impressionism and Expressionism
The Rise of Modernism: Cubism, Fauvism and Abstraction
Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Post-Modernism

Indigenous Americas, 1000 BCE-1980 CE

Ancient America - Mesoamerica
Ancient America - Andean South America
Native North America

Africa, 1100-1980 CE

Africa, 1100-1980 CE General Concepts
Africa, 1100-1980 CE Architecture
Sculptural and Figurative Art

West and Central Asia, 500 BCE - 1980 CE

Middle Eastern and Islamic Art
Persian Art
Central Asian Buddhist Art

South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE - 1980 CE

South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE - 1980 CE Overview and General Concepts
India Art History - AP Art History India
China Art History - AP Art History China
Japan Art History - AP Art History Japan
Southeast Asia

The Pacific, 700-1980 CE

The Pacific, 700-1980 CE General Concepts
Architecture and Monumental Sculpture

Global Contemporary Art, 1980 CE to Present

Global Contemporary Art, 1980 CE to Present General Concepts
Installation Art and Three-Dimensional Art
Painting, Photography, and the Graphic Arts
Global Contemporary Art, 1980 CE to Present Architecture